LAKE MALOYA, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(294742) LAKE MALOYA
From Year=1942 To Year=2012
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
40 M	2	5	27	122	337	573	726	676	466	220	37	4	3195
40 S	2	7	34	156	493	1066	1792	2468	2935	3154	3192	3195	3195
45 M	0	1	5	45	199	423	571	521	321	107	7	0	2201
45 S	0	1	6	51	250	673	1245	1766	2086	2193	2201	2201	2201
50 M	0	0	0	9	89	277	416	366	183	34	0	0	1375
50 S	0	0	0	9	98	375	792	1158	1341	1375	1375	1375	1375
55 M	0	0	0	1	24	144	262	213	72	4	0	0	720
55 S	0	0	0	1	25	169	431	644	716	720	720	720	720
60 M	0	0	0	0	3	48	116	76	12	0	0	0	255
60 S	0	0	0	0	3	51	167	242	255	255	255	255	255

Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M	17	21	60	138	254	377	452	417	315	195	63	20	2327
50 S	17	38	98	236	489	866	1318	1735	2050	2245	2308	2327	2327

M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu